Mizzou Volleyball Opens Season With Win Over North Florida

COLUMBIA -- Mizzou volleyball opened its season Friday with a victory against North Florida in the Tiger Invitational.

Tiger quarterback James Franklin was among those in the Hearnes Center crowd to watch junior All-Southeastern Conference preseason selections Molly Kreklow and Lisa Henning, who had 12 kills, in action. Sophomore star Whitney Little, coming off a 2011 season in which she was named to the All-Big 12 freshman team, had nine kills.

The team will continue invitational play at 7 p.m. Friday against Virginia Tech. Saturday, the Tigers will take on Nicholls State and No. 23 Michigan.